Many people who watched President Barack Obama and his family on election night were struck by how much his daughters -- Malia, 14 (right), and Sasha, 11 -- have grown. We knew Obama's hair had grayed, but when did Malia get almost as tall as her mom (Michelle, left)? Click on to track the family's changes over the past eight years.

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Then Senate candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., blows out candles on his birthday cake at his 43rd birthday celebration with Michelle, who is holding the cake, and daughters Sasha and Malia during a fundraiser Aug. 4, 2004 in Matteson, Ill.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama poses with his wife, Michelle, Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughters, Malia and Sasha, during the reenactment of a swearing -in ceremony on Capitol Hill Jan. 4, 2005 in Washington, D.C.

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia hold hands as they arrive on stage at the end of the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Invesco Field in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 28, 2008.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama holds his ballot as he prepares to cast his vote in the 2008 presidential elections with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2008.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, to address his supports during an election night gathering in Grant Park on Nov. 4, 2008 in Chicago.

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Sasha and Malia Obama are dropped off at school while their dad waits in the car Nov. 13, 2008, in Chicago.

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Malia and Sasha Obama wait for the start of the 'We Are One" concert, one of the events of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration celebrations, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 18, 2009.

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President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, wave after Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama pets the family's new dog, Bo, a 6-month old Portuguese water dog, as his daughters, Sasha and Malia, watch on April 12, 2009, in the White House in Washington, D.C. Bo was a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Victoria, to the president's daughters.

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President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, daughters, Sasha and Malia, Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson, and the Easter Bunny wave from the Truman Balcony during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2009.

US President Barack Obama kisses his daughter Malia as First Lady Michelle Obama and Sasha look on after he delivered a speech during an event to celebrate Independence Day and to honor military heroes and their families on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2009.

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, leavefrom Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station on Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 23, 2009.

Malia Obama pats a turkey as President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, and Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, look on during the traditional presidential Thanksgiving pardon at the North Portico of the White House Nov. 25, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Malia and Sasha Obama, greet their mother, First Lady Michelle Obama, after getting out of the motorcade upon arrival for a reception hosted by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the Palacio do Alvorada, the official residence in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

Sasha and Malia Obama read to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 25, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

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Malia, Sasha and Michelle Obama take turns reading to children from "The Cat in the Hat," by Dr. Seuss, as they visit the Emthonjeni Community Center in Zandspruit Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 21, 2011.

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President Barack Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, First Lady Michelle Obama and Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson, examine a time capsule as they arrive for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall Oct. 16, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listen as Malia and Sasha Obama read a book to children during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2012.

The Obamas walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church Aug. 19, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

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First daughters Malia and Sasha Obama confer as President Barack Obama delivers his acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 6, 2012

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The Obamas gather on stage after Barack Obama accepted his party's presidential nomination during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on Sept. 6, 2012 in Charlotte, N.C.